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Journal Article
Safe sexual behaviour among female partners of HIV-infected men in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2001
Overview
A cross-sectional study was designed to assess safe sexual behaviour among
heterosexual couples after the woman learned of her partner's infection with HIV.
Female partners who had known their partners' serostatus for at least 4 weeks were
eligible for participation. Couples were interviewed separately and independent
predictors of safe sexual behaviour were identified using multiple logistic
regression. Safe sexual behaviour was defined as no unprotected vaginal, oral, or
anal intercourse. Of 328 women, 197 (60%) reported safe sexual behaviour since
learning of their partners' infection. Significant independent predictors of safe
sexual behaviour included older women (>30 years old) (odds ratio [OR]=1.89; 95%
confidence intervals [CI]=1.01–3.51), current negative HIV serostatus (OR=2.72; 95%
CI=1.50–4.94), advanced clinical stage of the index case (OR=1.96; 95% CI=1.07–3.59),
longer duration of relationship (10+ years) (OR= 2.35; 95% CI=1.15–4.82), fewer sex
contacts (<100) (OR=2.01; 95% CI=1.14–3.56), only one lifetime partner (OR=2.29;
95% CI=1.26–4.17), non-smoking (OR=2.67; 95% CI=1.43–4.99), not practising oral sex
(OR=3.35; 95% CI=1.82–6.19) and previous HIV testing (OR=2.11; 95% CI=1.09–4.07). In
addition, women who had known their partner's infection for longer were less likely
to report safe sexual behaviour (P < 0.001). Our results indicate
that among female partners of HIV-positive Brazilian men, learning of their partner's
infection does not uniformly result in safe sexual behaviour. Counselling must
emphasize disclosure of serostatus to female partners and target couples with
short-term relationships, as well as those where the woman has known about her male
partner's infection for a long time, because these are the least likely to maintain
safe sexual behaviour.
Publisher
SAGE Publications,Royal Society of Medicine Press,Sage Publications Ltd
